Impressive Mensch Leaves Big Problem For PMSky NewsOutspoken and apparently fearless … she rebelled within months of entering parliament over the Government’s plans to extend anonymity to rape defendants. Glamourous … with a rock and roll husband and a full GQ interview and photoshoot in the bag. Engaging … her tweets on all subjects and to all people offer a fair snapshot. Inquisitorial … she made a name for herself with combative questioning on the Culture, Media and Sport Committee. And ambitious to boot …”What do I have to do to get promoted over here?” she complained.

Labour off to a flyer in Corby byelection campaign The Guardian Three days after sitting Tory MP and novelist Louise Mensch resigned, the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, visited the east Midlands constituency to announce his party would campaign on the economy and particularly youth unemployment.

Ed Miliband launching Labour’s Corby by-election campaign BBC NewsEd Miliband says unemployment will be the key issue when voters go to the polls in Corby following Conservative MP Louise Mensch’s resignation. People are “crying out for a strong voice to represent them in the face of a recession”, the Labour leader says.

Ruth Marcus: Mummy wars continue across the pond Washington Post Now, Louise Mensch, a high-profile conservative member of Parliament, has announced that she is quitting to move to New York, where her husband works, and spend more time with her three young children from an earlier marriage.

The case of Louise Mensch is a good example of why the Tory grassroots have lost confidence in the national party Telegraph.co.uk (blog) As if Mr Cameron did not have enough troubles already, the Government is now facing not only another attack of the sulks from Mr Clegg but a by-election in Corby and East Northamptonshire in mid November following the decision of the sitting Conservative Member, Louise Mensch, to resign her seat. It would be hard to condemn her for wanting to be with her husband, who lives in New York. But what does this tell us about the way in which the Conservative Party chooses its Parliamentary candidates, or how those who put themselves forward to be Members of Parliament look at their obligations today?

Mensch blow gives Cameron ‘huge headache’ Financial Times David Cameron’s leadership has come under fresh strain after Louise Mensch, a rising star of his Conservative backbenches, announced her resignation, triggering a difficult by-election which will fall at the height of party conference season.

Britain’s Anne-Marie Slaughter MomentBusinessweek …Mensch’s career bomb, and the reasons for it, set off a predictable wave of handwringing as commenters attempted to interpret it as another example of how “having it all” remains as elusive for women as ever—reminiscent of the debate that followed the July Atlanticcover story by Princeton professor Anne-Marie Slaughter on the same subject. After all, the reasoning goes, if Mensch—connected, successful, and clearly in an economic position to afford whatever help she might require to manage the needs of her three young children—can’t hack it in high-level government, what’s the hope for other women?

Hats Off to Louise Mensch Huffington Post UK Hats off to Louise Mensch for taking the decision to move to New York to live with her new husband and her young family.

Girls can learn from athletes, not Mensch Evening Standard …The case of Louise Mensch is a blow. Here is a woman who blossomed without sacrifice to conformity. She conducted politics through social media. She negotiated her hours through the Prime Minister rather than the Whips Office. Mensch made an exaggerated point about balancing work and family by skipping a chance to grill James Murdoch because of “childcare” issues.

Did you not read job description, Louise? Belfast Telegraph After all, Mensch must have known that being in parliament is the easiest of jobs and she hasn’t been exactly behind the door when it comes to courting publicity. Maybe she just learnt that being an MP wasn’t as much fun as she imagined.

Emma Cowing: We have not heard the last of Louise MenschScotsman I USED to know Louise Mensch a little bit. Back then she was Louise Bagshawe, best-selling author of chicklit novels with toe-curling titles like Venus Envy and A Kept Woman, and I say a little bit because we never met, just spoke on the phone or over…

Louise Mensch takes a tumble from life’s high bars Telegraph.co.uk Even the Olympic cheers could not hide Louise Mensch’s exit from politics, as she must dearly have hoped they would. The departing MP for Corby bequeaths a by-election to the party that gave her a speedy boarding pass to Parliament.

Corby Constituents react to Louise Mensch MP’s resignationITV News People in Corby give their views after the announcement the MP for Corby and East Northamptonshire Louise Mensch is stepping down. The Conservative politician said she was “devastated by the necessary decision” to step down.

Corby: should I stand? Telegraph.co.uk (blog) There’s a mischievous online campaign now fast gaining momentum urging that I should stand in the Corby by-election following Louise Mensch’s shock (well, actually not that shocking) decision to abandon the sinking ship SS Coalition. I’m torn, I must say.

The Louise Mensch dilemmaBy Ellee Louise Mensch can happily chill out for the rest of the summer and indulge her three young children with an abundance of picnics, swimming, bike rides, trips to the beach, or whatever they wish to do, with her Blackberry safely switched off…

So long Louise… | Left FuturesBy Lucy Reese I have long been intrigued by the strange creation that is Louise Mensch – part simpering sex kitten, part strict dominatrix and endless cheerleader for the most unpleasant aspects of the current regime.